Active Directory Job Trends in Derby

Microsoft Active Directory
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 10 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +30
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 40 14 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 18.52% 9.59% 8.81%
As % of the System Software category 76.92% 43.75% 56.00%
Number of salaries quoted 40 9 14
10th Percentile £24,250 - -
25th Percentile £25,750 £23,500 £21,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £25,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £29,250 £31,000 £44,063
90th Percentile £30,375 £43,500 £47,500
Derbyshire median annual salary £27,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -11.76%

All System Software Skills
Derby

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Derby.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 52 32 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 24.07% 21.92% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 51 23 16
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,500 -
25th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £21,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £45,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +38.46% -27.78%
75th Percentile £31,000 - £47,500
90th Percentile £33,750 £61,000 £52,500
Derbyshire median annual salary £27,500 £45,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -38.89% +38.46% -27.78%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Derby

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Derby

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Derby over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Derby

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 39 (97.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.50%) Azure
2 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 34 (85.00%) DHCP
1 34 (85.00%) DNS
2 8 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (12.50%) 3G
3 5 (12.50%) 4G
3 5 (12.50%) ADSL
4 1 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (95.00%) IT Support
2 30 (75.00%) IT Engineer
3 29 (72.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 29 (72.50%) Support Engineer
4 9 (22.50%) IT Support Technician
4 9 (22.50%) IT Technician
4 9 (22.50%) Support Technician
5 3 (7.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.50%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.50%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (90.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 39 (97.50%) Windows
2 31 (77.50%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (85.00%) Customer Service
1 34 (85.00%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (77.50%) Incident Management
3 3 (7.50%) Data Protection
3 3 (7.50%) ITSM
4 1 (2.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (2.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (2.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (2.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (2.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (2.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (2.50%) Degree
1 1 (2.50%) MCSE
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (7.50%) Freshdesk
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow